Businesses in Washington DC opened retail sports betting on Thursday, 29th July 2021, after entering into a partnership with DC Lottery-powered sportsbook operator GambetDC.

Popular local bars and restaurants, which include Takoma Station Tavern, Dirty Water, Lou’s City Bar and Ben’s Next Door are among the venues offering Gambet’s self-service betting kiosks.

The businesses celebrated the launch of the vertical on Friday, 30th July by hosting events for their patrons. These events showcased the self-service betting kiosks and featured local sports figures which included Rick ‘Doc’ Walker, Santana Moss, Brian Mitchell and Fred Smoot.

The businesses that offer the service in partnership with GambetDC will be given a 5% commission on all sports betting sales as well as a further 1% commission on cashing of any winnings.

According to the operator, it is committed to helping local businesses recover from the impact of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

Nicole Jordan, Director of Marketing and Communications at DC Lottery, commented that they are extremely excited to support these iconic local businesses and to help them return from the pandemic better than they were when it started.

Jordan went on to say that together, GambetDC and these local businesses are going to prove that betting on DC is always a good decision.

Last week results were published showing that customers in Washington DC wagered an amount of $19.5m in June, which is an increase of 42.3% on the amount that was bet in May,

Operators brought in revenue of $2.2m for the month from those wagers.

SOFTSWISS is pleased to announce that it has recently received a Greek gaming license from the Hellenic Gaming Commission that will enable it to operate online casinos.

The license will see SOFTSWISS gain a foothold to operate in the regulated Greek market and is the latest in a number of national licenses that has been awarded to SOFTSWISS.

SOFTSWISS was awarded a national license in Nigeria in February of this year while the Greek gaming license was awarded to the brand earlier this month with SOFTSWISS having already finalized its very first project, N1CASINO.GR, in the Greek igaming arena.

The license will give SOFTSWISS the opportunity to operate locally in Greece for players with Greek passports and IDs as well as those holding local Greek bank accounts. This major achievement will see SOFTSWISS further enhance its presence in Europe, as well as establish new partnerships and boost existing ones.

SOFTSWISS’s first project, N1CASINO is due to launch in the very near future. The project forms a part of N1 Partners Group.

Ivan Montik, founder of SOFTSWISS commented that it’s a tremendous landmark and an amazing achievement for them to receive the Greek gaming license and to be able to do business in a regulated national market and expand their reach.

Montik added that it is even more exciting to be officially announcing their very first client for the Greek region to be N1CASINO Greece. He also said that they have recently made strategic moves to fast-developing markets like Nigeria and are now establishing themselves more in the European continent.

Wazdan, a leading iGaming software provider, offering premium, state-of-the-art casino game solutions is thrilled to reveal that it has been granted approval to offer their entire collection of Hold the Jackpot games to internet casinos in Belarus.

The provider has seen 30 of its most popular slot games and latest titles certified for the market in Belarus.

Obtaining the license will give Wazdan the opportunity to strike deals with land casinos in the country, who in turn can add the developer’s games to their internet casinos.

Top performing games such as ‘Larry the Leprechaun”. ‘9 Lions’, ‘Choco Reels’, ‘Midnight in Tokyo’, ‘Telly Reels’, ‘Black Horse Deluxe’ and ‘Fortune Reels’ will be available for play as soon as the distribution agreements come about.`

Belarus is the latest country in which Wazdan is active. In the last 12 months the provider has entered Colombia, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Denmark and New Jersey, as it continues to outline its credentials as a leading company in the regulated space.
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Andrzej Hyla, the Head of Sales at Wazdan, commented on having been granted the license by saying that they pride themselves on their approach to regulated markets and they are very excited to have a considerable array of games certified for Belarus.

Hyla went on to say that from their sought-after Hold the Jackpot Games to top-performing staples, they are very pleased with what they can bring to players in Belarus and eagerly look forward to making big strides in the market.

Design Works Gaming has announced that it has entered into a partnership with White Hat Gaming that sees it make its entire portfolio of online casino content available through the latter’s full service platform.

White Hat Gaming will initially launch with two top performing Design Works Gaming’s titles: Sapphires & Rubies 4 Play and Hold Your Horses and Diamonds.

Design Works Gaming has promised that additional content will follow within the next few weeks and months.

Troy Zurawski, the Chief Executive Officer of Design Works Gaming commented on the agreement by saying that with offices across three continents, a fast-growing team and an impressive list of operator partners, this partnership with White Hat Gaming significantly increases the reach of their content.

Zurawski went on to say that they are confident that their games can be a real driver of both engagement and revenues for White Hat Gaming’s operators.

This new partnership is the latest strengthening of White House Gaming’s content catalogue which was recently enhanced further, courtesy of link-ups with mobile-first games developer OneTouch as well as live casino provider Ezugi.

Kola Okoko, Head of Content at White Hat Gaming, said that they are big fans of Design Works Gaming’s casino content. He added that it is engaging, innovative and most importantly, has a proven track record of generating incremental revenue.

Okoko went on to say that their operators are always demanding world-class content, and so they are delighted to be able to deliver Design Works Gaming’s suite of games to them.

Pariplay, a leading online casino games maker and content aggregator has recently entered into a supply deal with independent iGaming solutions provider BOSS. Gaming Solutions.

In terms of this new partnership, Pariplay will give its partner’s online casino brands the opportunity to gain access to its proprietary portfolio.

Malta-headquartered BOSS is an independent provider of a number of products for the online gambling industry and offers a complete turnkey casino solution. This is connected to the BOSS. Gaming Platform and has 8,000 games that are available for speedy roll-out.

It also features preset payment options, a sportsbook solution, a present affiliate system, CMS, mobile friendly website design, gambling license support, anti fraud system, among others.

BOSS. Is also the operator of a number of casinos, which now have access to content from Pariplay. These include BOSS Casino, Bootlegger Casino and Ole.bet.

This recent distribution agreement sees Pariplay make over 80 of its’ in-house games available to a new audience of players. Included in the deal are popular titles such as Alice Riches and Dragons of the North among others.

Catalina Lukianenko, BOSS. Gaming Solutions’ Chief Operating Officer said that by adding content from Pariplay, they are thrilled to expand their existing games collection with more than 80 of the supplier’s proprietary products and give their players diverse new titles to try out.

She added that with a focus on pure entertainment, Pariplay’s values fit right in with their mission and their games are a perfect fit for the fast-growing portfolios of their in-house gaming brands.

Andrew McLean, VP Sales at Pariplay, said they have made it their mission to place their games portfolio in front of as wide an audience as possible.